Stefani makes history at the Australian Open; Luz and Matos lose

Number 13 in the world, Luisa Stefani from São Paulo will compete, for the first time, at the age of 28, in the women's doubles semi-final of the Australian Open. Alongside Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski, the Brazilian defeated, this Wednesday, Su-Wei Hsieh, from Taipei, and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, 6/1 and 7/6 (5), in 1h35m.

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The Brazilian and Canadian will decide a place in the final against Serbian Alexsandra Krunic and Kazakh Anna Danilina.

– It's been a long journey, a lot has happened on and off the court, we have a very special friendship, a partnership returning now. This is the best feeling in many years after the injury. Australia is one of my favorite places to play, I'm very happy nowit's great to be here with Gabi with me in another semi-final. This is a new version of 'Stefanowski', let's see what happens now, we're just enjoying it and having a great time. I'm feeling good physically, without pain, which is the most important thing – said Luisa

Em Grand Slams, It will be the third women's doubles semifinal from São Paulo. The first two were at the US Open, in 2021 and 2023.

At the Australian Open, the Brazilian's best result had been the quarterfinals, in 2024, while last year, the defeat came in the second round.

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Stefani is defeated in the mixed semi-final

Alongside Salvadoran Marcelo Arevalo, Stefani lost in the mixed doubles semifinals, also this Wednesday. The rivals were the French Kristina Mladenovic and Manuel Guinard, who won 6/2, 3/6 and 10/7.

Matos and Luz lose in the quarterfinals

In the men's doubles group, in the quarterfinals, Gauchos Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos could not resist the third seed partnership, formed by Argentine Horacio Zeballos and Spaniard Marcel Granollers, who won 6/3 and 6/4.